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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by Rich Ives
HE wanted to do this because the runner went and touched 2B AFTER the ball went dead and BEFORE he returned to touch 1B.
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Like that matters if R1 retouched first before the ball went dead.
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That's not the point. They are saying (quite rightly) that the PBUC and MLBUM interpretations are that
after the ball goes dead if a runner advances to a succeeding base (beyond the base where the baserunning error occurred), he is subject to an appeal; and the umpire, if he saw it, will call him out.
The actual ruling in the OBR says that it doesn't matter when the runner advances:
R1 leaves first early and is between second and third when the ball is caught. The throw goes dead before he can retouch second. In the Old Testament, he would be out. Under the new guidelines, he would only be out if he advanced to third
after the throw went dead.
You wrote: "Like that matters if R1 retouched first before the ball went dead."
Like it does.